Eight games above .500 in five seasons, including eight games below .500 in league play.

One coach’s hot seat is another’s pay day.

Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen (AP Photo)

Mississippi State and coach Dan Mullen have agreed to a contract extension, CBSSports.com’s Jeremy Fowler reported Friday. Deals of the agreement were not disclosed but it runs through the 2017-18 season.

Mullen had a four-year deal worth $10.6 million after the Bulldogs went 9-4 in 2010, Fowler reported.

To Mullen’s credit, Mississippi State had endured losing seasons in seven of the past eight years prior to his arrival. Mississippi State has gone to four consecutive bowl games for the first time in school history after the Bulldogs finished 5-7 in his first season in Starkville after spending four seasons at the offensive coordinator at Florida.